Lil's Pad

If, like me, you are furious at the way the BBC ruined the climax of tonight's Dr Who by running a bright yellow animated banner with *spit* Graham Norton bouncing up and down to trail Over the Rainbow, then complain.

Via friendsfriends, already have done. Including passive-aggressively pointing out that I wasn't watching Dorothy due to being in the other room complaining about the advert (not true, but they don't know that). More seriously, if they'll do it to Who, they'll do it to anything.

We were watching on Freeview - i.e. on digital. Apparently it was not shown on HD, possibly because the next programme on HD was not "Over the Rainbow" - though I don't know this. It was not shown on BBC Scotland, but was apparently shown on Analogue.

I feel your rage

Well, only in a vague way, but still, did want to take the opportunity to ask a DW-related question.

From a whole bunch of my lj f-list who keep up w/this, I gather this is like, best ever season of Dr. Who? Or best in a long while, or somesuch?

I was wondering if it would be a good starting point for newbies, if we could manage to start watching eps from the beginning? We only have two more eps to go and the Sarah Connor Chronicles are behind us, so we need something new to watch in our spare time.

Re: I feel your rage

It's difficult. I'm not the right person to ask, because I've watched Dr Who since 1963, but never been a fan, and I don't like the new version, though I'm coming round to this season.

Lots of people love the revamp. From your point of view, I should start from the first episode Rose and see how it goes. Even if you hate it, take a look at the Moffat award-winning double episode from season 1, The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances. If you don't like that, forget it.

I didn't see it, due to being at the SWiGGLe this afternoon, but am planning on watching the BBC3 repeat tomorrow evening, after which I will watch the Confidential, which I taped today! - they shorten the Confidential on repeats, and there isn't a gap between the two programmes for the video recorder to change channels properly, so I'd have missed part of ONE of them. However, if they do something similar tomorrow, I will be voicing my displeasure in no uncertain terms.

And here was I feeling all hard done by because we were out at birthday do this evening and Mr S forgot to record Doctor Who(!) and we have to wait until the rerun at 8pm Sunday... looks like I gt the better deal.

I shall complain as a matter of principle, though. As will Mr S. And probably D and M, too.

According to various posters on BBC messageboards, this is actually part of the BBC's much-trumpeted new-look Saturday night image. It has to be stomped on, right now, or the only way we will be able to watch any BBC drama will be on i-player!

Thank you. I really do hope the Beeb dropped even more viewers at the end of last night's Who than they did last week... That'll give them even more pause than the thousands of complaints that I am sure they are getting.